Thus saith the
Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is
my footstool: where is the house that ye build
unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
02 For all those things hath mine hand made, and
all those things have been, saith the Lord: but
to this man will I look, even to him that is poor
and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my
word.
03 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man;
he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a
dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if
he offered swine's blood; he that burneth
incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have
chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth
in their abominations.
04 I also will choose their delusions, and will
bring their fears upon them; because when I
called, none did answer; when I spake, they did
not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and
chose that in which I delighted not.
05 Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at
his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast
you out for my name's sake, said, Let the Lord be
glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and
they shall be ashamed.
06 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from
the temple, a voice of the Lord that rendereth
recompence to his enemies.
07 Before she travailed, she brought forth;
before her pain came, she was delivered of a man
child.
08 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen
such things? Shall the earth be made to bring
forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at
once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought
forth her children.
09 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to
bring forth? saith the Lord: shall I cause to
bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.
10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with
her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with
her, all ye that mourn for her:
11 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the
breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk
out, and be delighted with the abundance of her
glory.
12 For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend
peace to her like a river, and the glory of the
Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye
suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be
dandled upon her knees.
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13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I
comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in
Jerusalem.
14 And when ye see this, your heart shall
rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an
herb: and the hand of the Lord shall be known
toward his servants, and his indignation toward
his enemies.
15 For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and
with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his
anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of
fire.
16 For by fire and by his sword will the Lord
plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord
shall be many.
17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify
themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the
midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination,
and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith
the Lord.
18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it
shall come, that I will gather all nations and
tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will
send those that escape of them unto the nations,
to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to
Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that
have not heard my fame, neither have seen my
glory; and they shall declare my glory among the
Gentiles.
20 And they shall bring all your brethren for an
offering unto the Lord out of all nations upon
horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon
mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain
Jerusalem, saith the Lord, as the children of
Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into
the house of the Lord.
21 And I will also take of them for priests and
for Levites, saith the Lord.
22 For as the new heavens and the new earth,
which I will make, shall remain before me, saith
the Lord, so shall your seed and your name
remain.
23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new
moon to another, and from one sabbath to another,
shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith
the Lord.
24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the
carcases of the men that have transgressed
against me: for their worm shall not die, neither
shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be
an abhorring unto all flesh.
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